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67$1&( :$/.(56 $662&,$7,21 ³ .Hqw *Urxs These photos were taken by Eric Rolfe on the Andredsweald Circuit, based at Forest Row, on July 14. O NEWSLETTER Sarah Turner by Turner Way in Margate. No, Turner Way wasn't named after our Sarah - the name is because of its proximity to the Turner Gallery. These photos were taken by Eric Rolfe on the Andredsweald Circuit, based at Forest Row, on July 14. 2 KENT SOCIAL WALKS: DECEMBER-APRIL Social Walks Organiser: Peter Jull W: www.ldwa.org.uk/kent Please check Kent group website for any late changes to the details below Sun Dec 1 The Leybourne Chase 20ml. 09.00 Meet on Oxley Shaw Lane alongside Leybourne School. (GR TQ691590). Circular route around the footpaths of Leybourne, West Malling, Addington & Birling. Pub lunch in Addington. C: David Thornton, Thu Dec 5 Cinque Ports 100 Revisited: Walk 4 – Dymchurch to Folkestone 14.8ml. 10.35 Meet Folkestone Bus Station, Bouverie Square. (GR TR226359). (park in Castle Hill Avenue, Bouverie Road West, Jointon Road or Earls Avenue - leave time to walk to bus station). Linear - bus leaves Folkestone Bus Station 9.53am, arrives Dymchurch 10.32am. C: Graham Smith Sat Dec 14 Christmas Cruise around Calais C15-16ml. Meet 0830 By P&O Desk, Dover Eastern Docks for 0955 sailing (changed from 0925). Allow plenty of time to find a parking space. (GR TR331417). A circular walk in the Nord Pas de Calais visiting Cap Blanc Nez, with time to see the spectacular Calais Christmas lights. Return 2055 local time - 1955 British time. Ring P&O reservations 08716 646464 for foot passenger day return (should be £16). Don’t forget your passport! Please ring Graham for confirmation of times. C: Graham Smith Fri Dec 27 Post Christmas Sevenoaks Stroll c17ml. 09.00 Meet at Shipbourne. (GR TQ592522). Starting in road opposite church, parking in layby. Pub stop in Sevenoaks. Map: Exp 147. C: Dave Sheldrake Wed Jan 1 New Year in Sussex 23ml. 09.00 Rye railway station c.p. £1.50 charge. (GR TQ919205). Rye to Hastings and return. Lunch stop at Hastings. Bring torch. C: Graham Smith Thu Jan 9 Cinque Ports 100 Revisited: Walk 5 – Folkestone to Deal 19ml. 09.30 Meet Walmer Railway Station (GR TR364503), off road parking nearby. Linear, train leaves Walmer 9.34am, arrives Folkestone 9.59am C: Graham Smith Fri Jan 10 A Night on the Terrace 17ml. 22.30 Meet at The Bell p.h. Kemsing. (GR TQ556587). Parking 50 yards away at village hall c.p. 21.30 for 22.30 Map Expl 147. C: Dave Sheldrake Sun Jan 12 Winterhurst 17.5ml. 09.00 Meet at Ashurst Station. (GR TQ507388). Circular route from Ashurst, through Speldhurst and pub stop in Penshurst. Train from Victoria arriving at 08.58. C: David Thornton, Sun Feb 2 Summerhouse Stroll 19ml. 09.00 Lympne village hall - park at end away from hall. (GR TR121349). Lunch stop at Stowting. C: Graham Smith Sun Feb 9 Cinque Ports 100 Revisited: Walk 6 - Deal to Dover 21ml. 09.00 Meet Walmer Railway Station (GR TR364503), off road parking nearby. Linear walk to Dover via Sandwich and take train back to Walmer. C: Graham Smith Sun Feb 23 Break for the Border – Oxted 20ml. 08.45 Meet on west side of Oxted station. (GR TQ393529). The first in a series of walks which start outside but always within 5 miles of the Kent border. Circular route with a pub stop at Chelsham. Train currently set to arrive from Victoria at 08.30. C: David Thornton, Sun Mar 1 Loop from Lewes 18ml. 09.20 Meet at Lewes rlwy stn. (GR TQ417098). A circular route on the South Downs. Lunch stop at Southease. C: Graham Smith Sun Mar 8 Sevenoaks Circular marshals’ walk Please contact organiser David Thornton for details – contact details below. Sun Mar 15 HHH 8 and 9 20ml. 09.00 Ulcombe Recreation Ground. (GR TQ848486). Pub lunch. C: Peter Jull Sun Mar 22 45th Sevenoaks Circular Walk See Events Diary in Strider. Sun Mar 29 From Hill to Mount then Downe to the Bottom and back 23ml. 08.30 Meet alongside recreation ground in Crockenhill. (GR TQ505676). Circular route with pub stop in Downe. Train from Victoria arriving in Swanley at 08:00 which is 20 mins from start. C: David Thornton, Good Friday Apr 10 A South Downs Loop 26/20ml. 09.00 Meet in Eastbourne at western end of promenade (B2103) by South Downs wa marker post, park nr school on left. (GR TV600972). The 20ml is a circular route on the South Downs via Beachy Head, the Seven Sisters and the Cuckmere valley; return on the South Downs Way. The 26ml visits Firle Beacon before rejoining the 20ml route. C: Graham Smith Sun Apr 12 Alliteration H Hartley, Harvel & Hawley 21.5ml. 09.35 Farningham Road station, South Darenth. (GR TQ555692). Pub lunch stop. C: Peter Jull 3 KENT GROUP COMMITTEE Chairman/newsletter editor – Graham Smith, Secretary – Stephanie Le Men Treasurer/walks secretary – Peter Jull, Membership/data protection secretary – Neil Higham, Life President – Brian Buttifant, Members Don Arthurs, Joy Davies, Nick Dockree, Helen Franklin, David Thornton, Andy Clark Sarah Turner while not on the Kent committee, is group equipment officer. Michael Headley maintains our excellent website. Group gatherings are held on the first Monday in each month (except if a Bank Holiday when postponed to the second Monday) at the Rose & Crown, Wrotham, GR TQ612592. JILL GREEN TO BE GUEST SPEAKER AT OUR AGM THE annual general meeting of Kent Group of the LDWA will be on Sunday January 26, at Harrietsham Village Hall – and Jill Green will be our guest speaker. Jill, as just about every member of the LDWA knows, is one of our association’s legends, whose walking achievements include completing 27 Hundreds and all the National Trails. Jill will be talking to us about her walking life. The AGM is also your chance to have your say about our group and about the LDWA in general, so please come along and make your voice heard. The group exists for its members, and we need as much input as possible. The address of the hall is Church Road, Harrietsham, Maidstone, ME17 1AP. The meeting starts at 2pm, and there will be a seven mile walk, led by Michael Head- ley, beforehand, starting at 10am. There will also be a pre-AGM buffet lunch, starting at 1pm, which will again be provided by ‘the magnificent’ Joy Davies. Any member may, with his or her consent, be proposed and seconded for the positions of Chairman, Secretary and Treasurer or as a committee member. A nomination form is enclosed with this newsletter. So please fill in the form which is with this newsletter, and send it to membership secretary Neil Higham to let him know if you are coming. It can be scanned and emailed to him. It must be received by January 20. NEWS OF KENT CHALLENGE WALKS Sevenoaks Circular AS previously reported, this will be on Sunday March 22, following the same excellent 30, 20 and 15 mile routes as it did this year, and based at the same venue – West Heath School. The marshals’ walk will be on Sunday March 8. If anyone wishes to mar- shal on the event and/or do the marshals’ walk, please contact organiser David Thornton (details above). David and co-organiser David Sheldrake are looking at the event using a new route in 2021. Weald challenge walk THIS year’s Weald challenge walk – the Andredsweald, held on July 14 – was highly successful, with 109 starters and only two retirements. Based at Forest Row, all three routes (15, 20 and 26 miles) went through Five Hundred Acre Wood and then past a memorial to AA Milne, creator of Winnie the Pooh. A full report of the Andredsweald is in the current Strider, and a page of pictures from the event is on the inside front cover of this newsletter. Organiser Neil Higham can rightly claim much credit for the event being so popular. As this newsletter was being put together, Neil was planning a new summer High Weald event which would be based at Langton Green, Tunbridge Wells. Full details, including date, venue, distances - and an appeal for marshals! – will appear in the next newsletter, with details of how to enter in the April Strider. White Cliffs Challenge THIS year’s White Cliffs Challenge, on August 24, had a total of 112 starters, who had to cope with sweltering temperatures which soared to 30 degrees. Distances were 32 and 18 miles and there were 18 retirements, all on the longer route. A full report of the WCC is in the current Strider, and there is a page of pictures from the event on the back page of this newsletter. Next year’s WCC will be on Saturday August 29, and will again be based at St Margaret’s Village Hall. Routes will be 30 and 18 miles and will be similar to those used this year, the longer one going over Whinless Down in Dover, one of the best viewpoints in the area. As usual, the event will be part of the White Cliffs Walking Festival (see story below). More details will appear in the next newsletter. PLATINUM AWARDS FOR FOUR KSS COMPLETIONS ANDREW Boulden, Chris Pitt, Francis Thomason and David Whitehead have become the first four walkers to earn Platinum awards (pictured right) for four successive completions of the KSS (Kent Surrey Sussex) Triple Challenge. The four have received special paperweights to mark their achievements, which were posted after the Sussex Stride on September 21-22.
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